Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: inactive – incense
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inactive, adj. [Fr. inactif.]
Idle; passive; suspended; slumbering.
inadequate, adj. [see adequate, adj.]
Incomplete; insufficient.
inadvertent, adj. [L. in + advertentem.]
Careless; negligent; inattentive.
inanition, n. [Fr. < L. inānītiōnem.]
Want of fullness.
inaudible, adj. [L. inaudībilis.] (webplay: voice).
Imperceptible; unable to be heard.
incarcerated, verbal adj. [L. incarcerātus.]
Imprisoned; confined; jailed.
incarceration, n. [Fr. incarcération < L.] (webplay: prison).
Act of confining.
incarnate, adj. [L. incarnātus, made flesh.]
- Clothed with flesh; embodied in flesh.
- A quality, emotion or idea that is given a concrete and actual form.
incautious, adj. [L. incautus.] (webplay: safety).
- Not cautious; unwary; heedless; ignoring possible danger.
- [Word Play] Blind to caution; can't see any danger.
incense, n. [OFr encens < L., that which is set on fire.]
- Acceptable prayers and praises.
- Pleasing attention; flattery.